Past and Present of the Verbs to Read and to Write Essays on Literacy

Published by Groundwood Books | Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, Toronto & Berkeley, 2003

0888995563 / 9780888995568

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pp. 80. Slim 12mo. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound binding; as new and housed in fine dustjacket. Appears unread; fine. Every period and every historical circumstance has given new meaning to the verbs to read and to write. New technologies are introducing profound and rapid change in the ways in which we communicate and receive information. They require greater flexibility in the way we use written language. Whereas poor countries have not overcome illiteracy, rich countries are finding that a basic education does not guarantee the creation of fully functional readers. While some of us are fluent in the language of hypertext, email and the virtual pages of non-existent books, there are others who have not mastered newspapers, books or libraries. If democracy is incompatible with the illiteracy of its citizens, full democracy requires a deep ability to read beyond the deciphering of words. This ability is the right of children who will grow up as free citizens in a world where linguistic and cultural diversity are as important as biodiversity. Emilia Ferrerio is one of the great thinkers in the Americas on these issues. Three of her most important lectures are presented in this book. Her views have changed the systems of education in her own country, Mexico, and have had a radical impact on education in Brazil.…

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Title
Past and Present of the Verbs to Read and to Write Essays on Literacy
Author
Ferreiro, Emilia; Mark Fried (Trans.)
Publisher
Groundwood Books | Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, Toronto & Berkeley
Publication year
2003
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
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Hardcover
ISBN 10
0888995563
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9780888995568
Edition
First Edition, First Printing.
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